Bilingual Polish gaming news site Polygamia recently did us English-speakers a great kindness by attending a CD Projekt presentation on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, translating its findings into our native tongue. According to Polygamia, CD Projekt's Michał Kiciński and Marcin Iwiński revealed that the RPG is being developed using an "internal, multi-platform engine," which they hope will become "the vanguard among game engines, and especially RPG engines."
CD Projekt's goals for the title are as lofty as you might expect -- the team claimed the The Witcher 2 will handily net an "over 90% score at Metacritic." However, before that happens, the game has to get made. The two developers explained that the studio is currently in talks with publishers and hoped to finalize distribution plans by Q1 2010.
Additionally, some footage managed to leak out of the closed presentation, which we've posted after the jump. However, unless you're a diehard fan of the first Witcher, we recommend skipping it, lest you be forced to suffer seven minutes of severe thoracic discomfort. You'll see what we mean.
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:29PM (Unverified) said
Well, why not the Odyssey Engine? It's a bit old, sure, but the games that used it were the best!
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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:57PM TheyDidItFirst said
I hope this game is amazing, because I feel spoiled by Dragon Age (the game that knocked The Witcher from its spot as my favorite RPG). It will certainly be nice to have 2 medieval-fantasy RPGs of such high quality though. =)
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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:33PM TheDarkWayne said
Wasn't this canceled for consoles already? Or was that something different? It was called Rise of the White Wolf or something right? I thought that was Witcher 2
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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:34PM RudyHuxtable said
I'd buy it. The first one was actually pretty fun.
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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:43PM blueskyv201 said
I love how the second the presenter says "no filming, please", the guy just tips the camera on the side and keeps going.
Class!
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Class!
Posted: Nov 19th 2009 6:53PM Discotheque said
The first one was my favorite RPG this decade.
This one looks so boss for sure. The 2 things it needed (a better combat system and mega huge monsters) are in here! Nice.
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This one looks so boss for sure. The 2 things it needed (a better combat system and mega huge monsters) are in here! Nice.
Posted: Nov 19th 2009 7:23PM RobS the 3rd said
I never played the first Witcher, should I pick it up before this new one comes out?
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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 9:57PM Blaquebeird said
There are some very unique things in The Witcher that definitely make it a great game to play through. The alchemy system and mutagens were very cool.
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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 9:55PM (Unverified) said
I hope they pace things out a little better in this one. My only beef with the first one was how you could gain almost every skill before the game really went anywhere story-wise.
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